I'm definitely a newbie in this high-powered forum, so my thoughts are probably extremely primitive. But anyway I've been a very happy AP user for several years. All the while I've assumed that getting at least a mid-range domestic machine would be the go for longterm coffee snobbery. I've been gearing up lately for taking that step (and have posted in the mid-range brewing equipment forum with that in mind).
But after some scouring and reading of various topics around this forum, I'm starting to seriously wonder whether there's actually a good enough reason to do it. The AP is so compact; practically effortless to clean; well regarded by CSs for the brew quality it produces - and (so it appears?) with almost no learning curve; and has no mechanical parts to wear out, seize up, get blocked, leak, develop scaling, etc. If I now ask myself to justify the machine purchase, about the only honest answer I can dredge up is the milk frothing (which has never been an essential for me, anyway).
So to put my question out there among you hardened CSs who hang out here …. Just suppose I had rather more Scottish blood than I actually do have - if I were to say 'Geez guys, $500 sounds a lot of money to do coffee at home!' … What you say to convince me to swap my AP for a machine? Really interested in your thoughts.
But after some scouring and reading of various topics around this forum, I'm starting to seriously wonder whether there's actually a good enough reason to do it. The AP is so compact; practically effortless to clean; well regarded by CSs for the brew quality it produces - and (so it appears?) with almost no learning curve; and has no mechanical parts to wear out, seize up, get blocked, leak, develop scaling, etc. If I now ask myself to justify the machine purchase, about the only honest answer I can dredge up is the milk frothing (which has never been an essential for me, anyway).
So to put my question out there among you hardened CSs who hang out here …. Just suppose I had rather more Scottish blood than I actually do have - if I were to say 'Geez guys, $500 sounds a lot of money to do coffee at home!' … What you say to convince me to swap my AP for a machine? Really interested in your thoughts.

You're certainly not a philistine.
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